Calibration and evaluation of a transportable in vivo monitoring system for accident monitoring of internal contamination

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 259-267

  Youngman, Mike J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; GERMANIUM; IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CALIBRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; THYROID GLAND; TRUNK;

EID: 0942266322     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006399     Document Type: Article

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